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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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